Social psychological foundations of clinical psychology
By: edited by James E. Maddux, June Price Tangney
Publisher: Guilford Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 555
ISBN-13: 9781606236901; 9781606236796; 9781282725799
Subjects: Psychopathology; Mental Health; PSYCHOLOGY; Clinical psychology; MEDICAL; Medicine; General; Mental Illness; Social Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Psychiatry; Social psychology
Description: Uniquely integrative and authoritative, this volume explores how advances in social psychology can deepen understanding and improve treatment of clinical problems. The role of basic psychological processes in mental health and disorder is examined by leading experts in social, clinical, and counseling psychology. Chapters present cutting-edge research on self and identity, self-regulation, interpersonal processes, social cognition, and emotion. The volume identifies specific ways that social psychology concepts, findings, and research methods can inform clinical assessment and diagnosis, as we ...
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: Social Psychological Foundations of Clinical Psychology: History and Orienting Principles; title: The Role of Self-Awareness and Self-Evaluation in Dysfunctional Patterns of Thought, Emotion, and Behavior; title: Autobiographical Memory and the Construction of a Narrative Identity: Theory, Research, and Clinical Implications; title: Social Psychology of the Stigma of Mental Illness: Public and Self-Stigma Models; title: Self-Regulatory Strength and Psychological Adjustment: Implications of the Limited Resource Model of Self-Regulation; title: Self-Regulation and Psychopathology: Toward an Integrative Perspective; title: Strategies of Setting and Implementing Goals: Mental Contrasting and Implementation Intentions; title: Self-Theories: The Roots of Defensiveness; title: Attachment Theory as a Social-Developmental Psychopathology Framework for the Practice of Psychotherapy; title: Social Support: Basic Research and New Strategies for Intervention; title: Social Comparison Theory; title: Self-Disclosure and Psychological Well-Being; title: A Construal Approach to Increasing Happiness; title: Emotions of the Imperiled Ego: Shame, Guilt, Jealousy, and Envy; title: Social Cognitive Vulnerability to Depression and Anxiety; title: The Social Psychology of Clinical Judgment; title: Sociocultural Issues in the Diagnosis and Assessment of Psychological Disorders; title: Clinical Assessment of Personality: Perspectives from Contemporary Personality Science; title: Interpersonal Assessment and Treatment of Personality Disorders; title: Enabling Self-Control: A Cognitive-Affective Processing Systems Approach to Problematic Behavior; title: The Social Psychology of Help Seeking; title: Social Cognitive Theories and Clinical Interventions: Basic Principles and Guidelines; title: Self-Directed Change: A Transtheoretical Model; title: Social Influence Processes and Persuasion in Psychotherapy and Counseling; title: Implicit Processes in Social and Clinical Psychology; title: The Social Psychology of Transference; title: Group Processes and Group Psychotherapy: Social Psychological Foundations of Change in Therapeutic Groups; title: Social Psychological Foundations of Clinical Psychology: Initial Trends, Current Status and Future Directions.